One doesn’t know it’s an “I” Two says “No” Three erupts teeth Four begins to remember Five gets socialized Six learns ABC’s Seven reads and writes Eight likes to cooperate Nine has pneumonia Ten learns to keep secrets Eleven moves to Australia Twelve begins to bloom Thirteen knows all Fourteen feeds a hollow leg Fifteen learns to drive Sixteen isn’t sweet Seventeen gets a job Eighteen focuses on hair Nineteen begins career one Twenty leaves home Twenty-one drinks legally Twenty-two collects conquests Twenty-three births child one Twenty-four goes on welfare Twenty-five works for degree Twenty-six starts career and child two Twenty-seven gets married Twenty-eight buys a house Twenty-nine has child three Thirty is in debt Thirty-one works in high tech Thirty-two saves for college Thirty-three has TMJ Thirty-four starts therapy and braces Thirty-five hikes 90 miles in five days Thirty-six opens an IRA Thirty-seven joins Toastmaster’s Thirty-eight survives son driving Thirty-nine pays lots of insurance Forty collects family history Forty-one self-publishes a book Forty-two creates documentaries Forty-three reaps riches from Y2K panic Forty-four travels and dallies Forty-five grieves death of father Forty-six fears husband’s heart disease Forty-seven realizes Mom has Alzheimer’s Forty-eight accepts being artistic Forty-nine learns to write better Fifty gets published
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